Made some good progress today. Got console frame welded in, rear deck finished cut out, console siding cut out and scored for bending, heading to get rivet gun now to do some attaching tomorrow!!
That's great congrats to you. Got alot of steel things and if prepped and painted right doesn't have to be painted often and not sure the problem with the weight. It's about water displacement and there may be 100 lbs more than the hull inside boat.
Ended up going with a 90 hp and outside of hull weight there are 5 sticks of 1x1x3/16 angle for framing and will end up being 3 pieces of alucobond for decking. I bet when console and everything is in it it won't be near 100 lbs heavier than bare hull.
Sorry taken so long guys. Finally got all bracing on interior done except transom ( waiting on some channel to come in) got everything primered and first lay of foam in